• Bartholomeus and Hendrika Boxem
    … liberate their country. The young Canadians were exhausted by their efforts and longed to go back home after the war, but managed to … his research of the Canadian job market, he noted that machinists and farmers were needed, and decided that his hobby of repairing small … and drying machines on board had broken down. This was not good news for mothers with diapers to wash. Every clothing item would have …
  • Everina Pieternella Hoogerdyk
    … misfortunes of former citizens of Geldermalsen. Nearly everybody had some family or friend who had emigrated. For me that started the dreams … one year later my brother and his family came from Venezuela for a visit. He advised Pete to emigrate. He had great admiration for Pete’s …
  • Antonio, Lina e Bettina Mancini
    … in the coal mines. While there, a few years later Canada issued a call for immigration as they required workers to work on farms in Western Canada, so he decided to apply on his own to immigrate to Canada. Having been … he was met by the farmer he would be working for. After a week or so, not very impressed with life in the Canadian West, he enlisted the …
  • Phyllis Danroth
    … left the cinema to work in the munitions factory. One day a handsome soldier from Canada commented on her red kilt that she was wearing; telling her that … with a knitted sweater for her dog. She would have her cup of tea beside her. When she made tea, the water had to be boiled. She could …
  • Evelyn Smith Morrison, son William
    … arriving in Canada and raised 7 children. Evelyn has made several visits home to England over the years to visit two sisters and three brothers. …
  • John and Gloria Hanson Sherman
    … on the train for Windsor, ON, I went over to Dartmouth, N.S. to visit a family that my father had met when he came over on convoys with …
  • “This is Ticklish Business”: Undesirable Religious Groups and Canadian Immigration after the Second World War
    … the Second World War , published in the journal Canadian Issues . For more information on Canadian Issues , visit https://acs-metropolis.ca/acs/ . …
  • Dorothy Lacey Blake
    … six years. Over the years Dorothy, better known as Dot, was able to visit her British family. She went on to have six more children, …
  • Stephen Tychowecky
    … and health status were verified, Stephen was given $12.00 cash and wished well in his new country. He boarded a train for Montreal, and …
  • "Why Do We Need a Museum of Immigration?"
    … MacDonald suggests that current debates on immigration are best informed by the historical contexts of immigration as well as the contemporary experiences of newcomers. This article, published in the journal Canadian Issues , … experience in Canada. For more information on Canadian Issues , visit www.acs-aec.ca . …